It's good to see that I'm not alone. Over the years, I have used computers in my practice going as far back as 1983(approximate year) where I employed the use of an Atari 800 (?) computer with 88 K drives . The base model was 8 K of RAM which I maxed up to a full 64 K using large RAM modules. I later upgraded to a Kaypro computer, then Kaypro 10 (with a 10 meg drive, which I thought, at that time, would hold an infinite amount of information where I would never require any additional memory. I then went and upgraded to the first "transportable (read- transluggable portable computer at 27 lbs) computer, the Eagle. BTW, there was another company that was also producing a translugable portable by the name of "Compaq" (but who ever heard of a company that ended with a "q". I then went through further upgrades to an IBM XT, then AT, then a 386, Dell Pentium and Micron Notebook. At this time I have found that I am maxing out the use of my 133 notebook with 48 meg ram and 3.5 gig drives. The point to all this is that software demands are increasing at what appears to be an exponential rate. It appears that compaq is making the right moves by diversifying their product and service lines. Competition demands that we all upgrade our hardware to the times or perish in the process (darwinism). Even those asian companies under the financial cloud will require upgrades in order to compete.
The bottom line, is that compaq with it's diverse line of products and services (including DEC) will excell in capturing a greater market share both foreign and domestic. It is the promise of increased productivity that will keep the tech sector alive and well, despite these occassional "hiccups". I have learned to distrust those prophets of doom beacuse many of them are noting more then myopic monday morning quarterbacks.
That's just MHO.
Best of luck to all.
David |
